Africa

Luwowo Coltan mine near Rubaya, North Kivu the 18th of March 2014. © MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti South Africa hosted the world’s biggest mining investment conference this week, with industry experts in attendance saying the U.S. and China are in a race for the critical minerals — such as cobalt and lithium…

Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Russian and American top officials are visiting Africa this week in trips that are part of what is seen in diplomatic circles as competitive drives to increase leverage in Africa through alignments with key states on…

In the Timbuktu region of northern Mali, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Trust Fund for Victims has since 2021 been compensating victims of the destruction of the city’s holy shrines during the occupation by Jihadists in 2012. While people appreciate the principle of reparations, many feel frustrated by the amount…

Africa Mozambique ex-president’s son jailed for 12 years for corruption The former Mozambique President Armando Guebuza with his embattled son Ndambi Guebuza A Mozambican court on Wednesday sentenced the son of Mozambique’s ex-president Armando Guebuza to 12 years in jail as part of a vast corruption scandal in which the…

South Sudan President Salva Kiir A long-running state of insecurity has recently intensified in Unity State – one of South Sudan’s 10 states – resulting in many innocent lives being lost. The security crisis is being stoked by many factors. One is fighting between sections of the civilian population, caused by cattle raiding, among…

Anti Xenophobia demo Cape Town, South Africa May 2008 (Photo by Mikko Kapanen) In South Africa, immigrants are often scapegoated as the root of socio-economic problems. In the post-apartheid landscape, Black African immigrants, mainly, from other African countries have been negatively stereotyped as “illegal” and “job stealers” who are “criminal”…

Erosion along River Nyabarongo African leaders criticised on Monday the lack of Western counterparts at a meeting in Rotterdam where they pleaded for funds to help their countries adapt to global warming. Senegalese President and African Union chief Macky Sall, and Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said wealthy countries responsible for…

One of Clinton’s closest advisors passed her an intelligence report prepared by an ex-CIA official that speculated about France’s motivations for bombing Libya. Two weeks after France began bombing Libya, in March, 2011, Hillary Clinton’s old friend and advisor Sidney Blumenthal passed her an intelligence memo that supposedly revealed France’s…

Two ministers and a deputy minister were held hostage on Thursday night at the St George’s Hotel in Centurion. They were the Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele, Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thandi Modise and her Deputy Minister Thabang Makwetla.  The ministers were held by military veterans who allegedly demanded over R4 million each, housing, medical aid and bursaries for their children.  Gungubele released…

Government of Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera says the new order is simply enforcing an existing law  There is panic among Rwandan refugees and others as deadline looms, which was issued by Malawi government for all who live outside the camp to go back. On April 16, the government of Malawi…

Mahama refugeeMahama refugee camp for Burundian refugees located in Kirehe district, eastern Rwanda. camlfor Refugee resettlements in 2020 reached historic lows despite record-high numbers of displaced people in need. At the same time, substantial funding gaps remain. This is increasing pressure on African host countries, exposing refugees to enhanced risks…

Rwandan peacekeepers stand guard in CAR More than 200,000 people have fled fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR) since violence erupted over a December election result, according to the UN refugee agency. The CAR army, backed by UN, Russian and Rwandan troops, has been battling rebels seeking to overturn…

AU chair, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa The African Union has negotiated a $2billion funding scheme from which member governments will get money to buy COVID-19 vaccines for their people back home. The arrangement was announced Wednesday night by AU chair, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Arrangements have been made…

The AU has not revealed the source of the vaccines NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The African Union has secured close to 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in the largest such agreement yet for Africa, a continental official said Tuesday. Nicaise Ndembi, senior science adviser for the Africa Centers for Disease…

Right to Left: Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame and Mozambique’s Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosário were on the high-level panel, which was also aired live on CNBC Africa Africa’s regional blocs were Monday selling themselves as best possible destinations, and not the other,…

Thomas Sankara (L) and Blaise Compaore were said to have been best of friends Burkina Faso has issued an international arrest warrant for ousted leader Blaise Compaore in connection with the murder of former president Thomas Sankara nearly 30 years ago, judicial sources have said. The popular leader’s 1987 murder…

President Paul Kagame receives South Africa Presidential Special Envoy Jeff Radebe at Village Urugwiro, Kigali. South African Presidential Special Envoys on Friday met with President Paul Kagame in Kigali, on the latest leg of their African tour. Led by Jeff Radebe, a former minister and close confidante of SA President…

Tibor Nagy, the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs speaking at the Carnegie Mellow University Africa, in Kigali-Rwanda, on March 11, 2019 African countries piling up debt they won’t be able to pay back, including to China, should not expect to be bailed out by western-sponsored debt relief,…

Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso and First Lady Antoinette Nguesso arrive in Paris on November 10, 2018 for the celebrations making armistice day The Republic of Congo has set up a team to advice government on ways to get out of huge foreign debt owed to mainly China…

The Conference was marked by a high-level panel discussion moderated by Dr Donald Kaberuka, former President of the African Development Bank Group. The panel had President Paul Kagame, Zambian President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, Liberian Vice President Dr. Jewel C. Howard-Taylor and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki. A reality check…